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1. Getting started

1.1 What to configure

At Sofort Banking, a configuration is known as a “Project”. Before you can use Sofort Banking, you will need to do the following:

You must be registered and have a user ID and project on the Sofort website. The process for creating a project is described here.

You must complete the Sofort Banking project details on the Sofort payment method configuration page in your Ingenico ePayments back office. The configuration in your Ingenico ePayments account is described here.

1.2 How to configure

You can configure the necessary steps either automatically or manually.

1.2.1 Automatic configuration

The configuration process is initiated in your Ingenico ePayments back office on the Sofort payment method configuration page.

A Sofort Banking userID and projectID can be obtained automatically by clicking a button on the payment method configuration page in your Ingenico ePayments back office. This way, most of the project details will be pre-configured by Ingenico ePayments in the Sofort Banking website.

If you would like to create a configuration automatically, please see here.

1.2.2 Manual configuration

The configuration process is initiated on the Sofort Banking website.

You must first create your user and project manually on the Sofort Banking website and, after that, enter the necessary payment method configuration details in your Ingenico ePayments account.

1.3 Test project/account

We have developed a Sofort Banking transaction simulator in the Ingenico ePayments test environment. To perform Sofort Banking test transactions you can simply enable the Sofort Banking payment method in your Ingenico ePayments test account. You do not need to configure anything on the Sofort Banking website.

2. Ingenico ePayments account configuration

The Sofort Banking payment method can be configured via the “Payment methods” link in the back office.

If you have not yet created a project on the Sofort Banking website, you can create one automatically by clicking the “Obtain UserID and ProjectID for this Payment Method” button. You will then be redirected to the Sofort Banking website. Ingenico ePayments provides most of the configuration information directly to Sofort Banking.

If you already have a Sofort Banking account, click the option “I have registered already for sofort.com” and a project will be created in your existing account.

If you have not yet registered for Sofort Banking, click the option “I am not a customer yet”. The system will then create a new account and a new project for you.

When you click the “Obtain UserID and ProjectID for this Payment Method” button in your Ingenico ePayments TEST account, a TEST project will be created at Sofort Banking.

When you click the “Obtain UserID and ProjectID for this Payment Method” button in your Ingenico ePayments PROD account, a PROD project will be created at Sofort Banking.

Once the project has been created and configured, you need to enter the project details (User_ID, Project_ID and Project password) in the Sofort Banking payment method configuration page.

2.2 Configuration after project creation at Sofort Banking

You must now enter the project details (User_ID, Project_ID and Project password) of the project you created on the Sofort Banking website.

The User_ID and the Project_ID can be found in the project overview in your Sofort Banking account. In the example below the User_ID is “11111” and the Project_ID is “44444”.

You can find the Project password in the "Extended Settings" tab for your project > "Project Password and Input check".

3.2 Basic settings

Remark: The notification password must not be set! If the notification password (Benachrichtigungskennwort) is set, it can be cleared on request by Sofort.

3.2.1 General settings

Enter a project name and select your payment solution provider (Ingenico ePayments) in the “Shop system” drop down menu.

Important

The “Testing Mode” checkbox should only be enabled if you wish to create a test project containing Ingenico ePayments test URLs for use in your Ingenico ePayments test account. If you are configuring a production project containing Ingenico ePayments production URLs for your Ingenico ePayments production account, please leave the “Testing mode” checkbox disabled!

Do not mix test and prod projects, URLs and configurations as that would lead either to authentic transactions being generated in the test environment or authentic transactions being lost in prod. To avoid any errors, if you would like to carry out a test configuration, you need to create a separate project, i.e. you need to configure two projects at Sofort.com: a test project and a prod project.

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